Build Epic

Build Epic is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by danielvm-git in bigpowers.

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Install Build Epic

Copy Build Epic into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers/tree/main/skills/build-epic ~/.claude/skills/build-epic

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/build-epic/SKILL.md in danielvm-git/bigpowers
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/build-epic
Collection: One of 23 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 1044 skills

What Build Epic does

Build Epic orchestrates a nine-step build cycle for one epic, from threat modeling and planning through TDD, verification, audit, commit, and release. Use it to resume or run release work with state tracked in YAML files.

Build Epic is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Build Epic comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, automation, bmad, claude-code and clean-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

story: e20s05

Build Epic

Scope: one story. Called by orchestrate-project Phase 4. Not a replacement for orchestrate-project.

Orchestrates the build flow for a single epic: survey → plan tasks → kickoff → TDD → verify → audit → commit → release.

HARD GATE — Set specs/state.yaml active_flow: build_epic and active_epic: eNN before starting.

HARD GATE — Not on main/master before step 3 (kickoff-branch).

Nine steps (`epic_cycle` in state.yaml)

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Build Epic

What else does danielvm-git publish alongside Build Epic?
Build Epic is one of 23 skills that DirSkills catalogs from danielvm-git/bigpowers, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Align Grid, Assess Impact and Audit Code. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Build Epic does, and is maintained by danielvm-git in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the danielvm-git/bigpowers page.
How does Build Epic compare to other DevOps skills?
Build Epic ranks #974 by stars among the 1044 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Build Epic against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.